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  2. User Guide

    The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.

  3. Migrating

    Before you migrate WebSphere Commerce, review this information for an overview of the migration process.

  4. Planning to migrate WebSphere Commerce

    Most businesses treat investments in technology updates and migrations as overhead expenses. Even though you may need to upgrade or migrate to the latest WebSphere Commerce version to take advantage of the technological offering, providing a business justification to do so requires outlining the business benefits, strategy and migration plan.

  5. Creating a migration plan

    Migrating to a new version of WebSphere Commerce impacts several aspects of your business.

  6. System requirements

    Ensure your system meets these requirements before beginning migration.

  • User Guide

    The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.

    • Planning

      Creating a custom implementation of a WebSphere Commerce store requires a significant amount of planning. From gathering client needs, to deploying the live solution, much work is needed to successfully deploy a custom client store. Use the resources in here to help you plan every phase of store creation.

    • Installing

      Review this section for information about installing the WebSphere Commerce product, associated maintenance, and WebSphere Commerce enhancements.

    • Migrating

      Before you migrate WebSphere Commerce, review this information for an overview of the migration process.

      • Planning to migrate WebSphere Commerce

        Most businesses treat investments in technology updates and migrations as overhead expenses. Even though you may need to upgrade or migrate to the latest WebSphere Commerce version to take advantage of the technological offering, providing a business justification to do so requires outlining the business benefits, strategy and migration plan.

        • Overview of a migration project

          A migration project for any live WebSphere Commerce site is an activity that should be carefully thought out. There are three main phases to the migration project – the planning phase, the practice phase, and the production migration phase. Each of these phases requires its own skills and resources. Allocating sufficient time for each activity is crucial to ensure that no key tasks are forgotten.

        • High-level guideline for a switchover migration

          A switchover migration is a migration that is performed from a WebSphere Commerce production environment to an unused WebSphere Commerce environment on the same or different hardware. This process allows for an existing production system to be left in place until the moment that the new environment is ready. Site traffic can then be redirected to the new environment. This sample switchover migration plan can be used as an example to plan and size your own project.

        • Creating a migration plan

          Migrating to a new version of WebSphere Commerce impacts several aspects of your business.

          • Planning and sizing sample template

            This template can be used as a basis for creating your own project planning and sizing. Modify the template to reflect your level of customization, site topology,

          • System requirements

            Ensure your system meets these requirements before beginning migration.

        • Introduction to WebSphere Commerce migration

          Migration involves moving the WebSphere Commerce product to a new version level, while attempting to preserve all previous configurations. During migration, components from previous releases are replaced by new software installed at the new version level. The migration process does not involve adding new or custom features, rather, it is focused only on moving the configuration from one software level to another, ensuring that all existing function continues to work.

      • Migrating WebSphere Commerce Developer

        This section discusses important information you should review before you migrate your current WebSphere Commerce Developer Version 5.6.1 or 6.0 to WebSphere Commerce Developer Version 7.0. Migrating WebSphere Commerce Developer includes completing the following steps in this order.

      • Migrating WebSphere Commerce

        Migrating WebSphere Commerce includes completing steps in a specific order.

      • Taking your first steps after WebSphere Commerce migration

        After you have migrated your database and application tiers, migrate applicable WebSphere Commerce features, functions and customizations you have performed.

      • Migrating Gift Center

        The IBM Gift Center migration is handled as part of the overall WebSphere Commerce migration. The WebSphere Commerce migration framework includes the database, application server, and web server migration.

      • Migrating search engine optimization for WebSphere Commerce Version 7 Feature Pack 3 or later

        You can migrate your store to the new search engine optimization feature for WebSphere Commerce Version 7 Feature Pack 3 or later. This feature creates shorter and easier to understand URLs to improve searches for your store. You must perform some additional configuration tasks to ensure that your store supports search engine optimization.

      • Migrating IBM Sales Center

        IBM Sales Center was built and deployed using WebSphere Everyplace Deployment for Windows and Linux. IBM Sales Center 7 is built and deployed on IBM Lotus Expeditor 6.2, and therefore requires that you migrate any custom IBM Sales Center applications.

    • Operating
    • Administering
    • Tutorials

      WebSphere Commerce provides many tutorials.

    • Samples
    • Developing

      The topics in the Developing section describe tasks performed by an application developer.

    • Compliance

      The following section describes how you can leverage WebSphere Commerce features and functionality to help your site be compliant with different privacy and security standards.

    • Securing

      These topics describe the security features of WebSphere Commerce and how to configure these features.

    • Performance
    • Troubleshooting

System requirements

Ensure your system meets these requirements before beginning migration.

Migration system requirements are stated on the following pages:
  • Prerequisites for installing WebSphere Commerce
  • Prerequisites for installing WebSphere Commerce Developer
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